• Ice@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    No shit sherlock, that’s what injecting money into the economy does, almost irrespectively of who gets it (yes, even stupidly rich people). Then there’s better and worse ways of doing it.

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      5 days ago

      Actually, stupidly rich people is the exact kind of people you shouldn’t inject money into : they already have all they need and instead of stimulating the economy, they’ll just speculate with the cash.

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        5 days ago

        instead of stimulating the economy, they’ll just speculate with the cash

        That is also stimulation of the economy, although a terrible way of doing it and (at least in my opinion) leads to a worse situation even if economic activity increases. Bad money injection, causing misallocation of funds, is always worse than just doing nothing for the vast majority of people. Asset speculation drives risky capital ventures that try to find a way to monetize and squeeze more profit out of literally everything.

        Throwing money at artists is… meh. I’d rather see it put to something more useful. Teachers, more staff at kindergardens, better healthcare…